KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Zimbabwe opposition figure Tendai Biti was charged with inciting public violence and declaring unofficial election results as fears grew about a government crackdown. AMERICAS: Venezuela pressed Colombia and the US to extradite its former National Assembly speaker, as the opposition pushed back, saying the arrest warrant for Julio Borges was “political in

KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: South Sudan President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in the country’s civil war, including his former deputy Riek Machar, following a ceasefire. AMERICAS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defied Saudi Arabia’s demand to withdraw calls for the release of jailed civil rights activists and insisted that Canada will continue to

KEY STORYLINES AFRICA: Armed men wearing the uniform of the Nigerian Department of State Security blocked the entrance of Parliament, preventing lawmakers from entering the building. AMERICAS: Twin wildfires in California known as the Mendocino Complex have grown rapidly to become the largest wildfire recorded in the state’s history. ASIA: North Korea released a South